The average bonus paid to employees in New York City’s security industry fell by 9% to $146,000 in 2015, according to the Office of the New York State Comptroller.Overall, Wall Street’s bonus pool declined by 6% to $25 billion in 2015 as the security industry’s profits fell by nearly 11%.The average salary for employees in New York City’s security industry, inclusive of bonuses, increased by 14% to $404,800 in 2014. This compares to an average salary of $72,300 for private sector employees in New York City in 2014.Thomas DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller, said: “Wall Street bonuses and profits fell in 2015, reflecting a challenging year in the financial markets.“While the cost of legal settlements appears to be easing, ongoing weaknesses in the global economy and market volatility may dampen profits in 2016. Both the state and city budgets depend heavily on the securities industry and lower profits could mean fewer industry jobs and less tax revenue.”read more

Telecommunications organisation Sky has hired Sushma Dhonsi as head of pensions and benefits, UK and ROI.Previously, Dhonsi worked as senior benefits and pension manager at technology organisation Dell EMC, interim HR manager at the London Borough of Hillingdon, HR manager at Gate Gourmet, and HR manager at CA Technologies.

EXCLUSIVE: Energy organisation SSE has extended its online financial education programme to 1,000 employees working in Ireland.SSE originally launched its financial education programme, provided by Nudge, in January 2018 for 20,000 employees working across its 150 UK operating sites.The extended provision was launched in Ireland on 1 March 2019, featuring country-specific content and benchmarking data relevant for Irish employees.Sandra Shipley, benefits manager at SSE, said: “We’re delighted to be the first of the utility [organisations] to offer personalised financial wellness support to our people in Ireland. It’s important to us to have a consistent approach to health and wellness across the UK and Ireland, and to offer our people the support they need to make managing their money simpler.“With the introduction of auto-enrolment to Ireland in 2022, the need to actively engage people in improving their own financial wellness is heightened, and the adoption of financial education amongst leading Irish employers is set to grow.”The programme enables Irish employees to access a personalised platform, which provides financial education posts and action plans to support employees’ financial dreams and goals.Staff also receive tailored communications or nudges via email, SMS or WhatsApp that offer tips, guidance and actions that are in line with employees’ lifestyles, local legislative updates or organisational changes.The initiative was communicated to Irish employees using an email campaign; this was supported by content on its staff intranet, called ssenet, and by communications sent via its internal app, sseapp. This ensures that employees who are not office-based are still kept informed.Shipley added: “A year ago, we introduced financial education for our UK people as part of our wider wellness strategy. We’re delighted with the high engagement that we’ve seen with Nudge and the way that the personalised experience appeals to all our employees regardless of age, wealth or lifestyle.“As a reward team, it also gives us access to rich data and insight about our people’s interests and financial goals, so that we can better shape our reward strategy and communications.”read more

MIAMI (WSVN) – NASA has said that for a short time, Mars will be visible with the naked in the night sky.Monday night, Mars will be 46 million miles from Earth, which means that the red planet will be visible with the naked eye until June 3.Mars is supposed to be so prominent that NASA said you probably won’t even need a star chart or a telescope to pick it out in the sky. Just look for the bright reddish star in the southeast.The best time to see Mars is around 7 p.m.Copyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.read more

LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) – A Lauderhill grandmother received a generous gesture from the local police department, Saturday afternoon.Pearl Soloman was recently awarded custody of her four grandchildren, ages 6 to 11. She wanted the children to feel welcomed to the area, so she asked a Lauderhill Police officer about any bicycle donation programs.Unfortunately, there was no such program — so the department did something better. “We surprised her. Some of the officers on the shift put their money together, went out and purchased bikes for the kids,” said Lauderhill Police Chief Constance Stanley. “We invited them out [Saturday] and surprised them with the bikes.” Bike give away for a family in need. pic.twitter.com/Gy2DAiDHAS— LauderhillPDPIO (@LPDPIO) March 18, 2017The grandmother was overwhelmed with joy at the gesture, happy her grandchildren can play now.Copyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.read more

“I’m yelling at him pretty much the whole time, telling him to pull over,” said the victim.The woman said the teen was behind the wheel, running stop signs and red lights with a gun by his sideAbout 10 minutes into the 911 call, deputies spotted the vehicle and gave chase — capturing it all on dashcam video.Within minutes, a Lake City Sergeant performed a pit maneuver, causing the carjacker to spin out.Deputies surrounded the vehicle with guns drawn and yanked the 13-year-old suspect out of the car and onto the ground.The woman was shaken up, but not hurt. “I feel bad for him but, he needs to get what he deserves for this,” said the victim, “because he could’ve killed me and him and somebody else.”The 13-year-old has since been charged as an adult and is facing a number of felonies. LAKE CITY, Fla. (WSVN) – A teenage boy is facing charges after carjacking an elderly woman and holding her hostage inside her own vehicle.Authorities in Lake City said they received a frantic 911 call from a 67-year-old woman, who was in the back of her car, pleading for her life.According to officials, the carjacker, who is only 13 years old, could be heard in the background, screaming, “I’m about to shoot her,” while speeding through the North Florida town.The victim, too scared to show her face on camera, said she had just pulled into her garage when the boy came up to her and asked for a ride. She then said he pulled out a gun when she refused.Detectives later determined the gun the boy was holding was a pellet gun.“He says I’m sorry. I said ‘You’re sorry? You’re sorry about what?’” said the victim, “and he said ‘Give me your keys,’ and he pulled a gun out from behind him.”The woman did not back down, hopping in her car with the teen as he tried to get away. She even got physical, hitting the carjacker over and over again. Copyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.read more

MIAMI (WSVN) – A zebra at Zoo Miami got pampered with a pedicure, Thursday.Apollo the zebra had his hooves trimmed down as part of the zoo’s preventative medical program.It turns out humans aren’t the only ones who get pedicures. Since zebras at the zoo aren’t running around as much as they would be in the wild, their hooves can sometimes overgrow.Officials said Apollo’s hooves were in great condition after the session.Copyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.read more

MIAMI (WSVN) – Rescue crews took five people to the hospital after a driver struck a transit bus in Miami and sped away, police said.City of Miami Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash at the intersection of Northwest 37th Avenue and 36th Street, just after 5 p.m., Sunday.Officials said four passengers on the Miami-Dade Transit bus and the driver sustained injuries. Paramedics transported them to Jackson Memorial Hospital in unknown condition.Investigators have not provided a description of the vehicle that struck the bus.The cause of the crash remains under investigation.If you have any information on this hit-and-run, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $1,000 reward.Copyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.read more

MIAMI (WSVN) – Miami Dolphins tackle Kendrick Norton will be released from the hospital after his left arm had to be amputated following a car crash in West Miami-Dade.Norton was involved in a crash on the Dolphin Expressway near State Road 826 on July 4.The former Miami Hurricane standout went live on Instagram to update his supporters on his recovery at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Wednesday.The NFL is covering all of Norton’s medical expenses, but a GoFundMe campaign has been set up to also help Norton and his family.Norton’s supporters have donated over $22,000. Copyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.read more

Facebook0TwitterEmailPrintFriendly分享The Alaska State Troopers responded to a man with a knife trying to enter Kotlik School on Friday, May 11. According to the Trooper dispatch, the principal at Kotlik School locked it down just before Rick Andrews, 19, reached the front door of the school wielding the knife. Two other residents restrained Andrews until troopers arrived. Troopers immediatly boarded planes from Emmonak and Bethel once they received the call. The injured residents were flown by LifeMed to a nearby hospital. Andrews is charged with felony assault. Troopers say Andrews pounded on the door, threatened to kill the principal and tried to get inside through windows and another door. A man and a woman approached Andrews and attempted to intervene. Troopers say he stabbed both in the torso but one person wrestled away the knife and threw it in a nearby pond.read more

The latest timeline projection for the first liquefied gas production is by fall of 2024. The corporation plans to spend between $3 million and $4 million a month in the current fiscal year that ends June 30, 2019, according to the presentation by the AGDC. The Kenai Peninsula Borough is one of three municipalities in the state granted intervenor status on the project, the other two being Valdez and the Mat-Su Borough. The AGDC selected Nikiski as the prefered site for the LNG facility, and stated to FERC “multiple reasons why it believes Port Mackenzie is not a viable option.” According to a release from Larry Persily, FERC expects to issue the project’s draft impact statement in February 2019, assuming the state-led project team provides “complete and timely responses to any future data requests” and cooperating regulatory agencies “provide input on their areas of responsibility on a timely basis.” Facebook0TwitterEmailPrintFriendly分享Officials with the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation have announced to the Federal Regulatory Commision of Alaska that they plan to start building construction camps and access roads to the proposed LNG plant site in Nikiski by 2020. According to Persily, the state corporation leading the North Slope natural gas project lacks funding to buy land for the highway relocation or to contract for its construction which would require the project team to seek additional investments. Federal law requires the FERC-led environmental impact statement to consider all alternatives for the LNG plant site.read more

He is currently in custody at the Anchorage Correctional Complex. Perez was indicted last week by an Anchorage Grand Jury for Burglary 2 and Theft 2 from the Salty Dog Saloon, as well as numerous theft and burglary cases in the Anchorage area. The Homer Police Department in collaboration with the Anchorage Police Department identified Jeremiah M. Perez, 42, of Juneau, as the suspect. On April 29, 2018 Homer Police received a report that the Salty Dog Saloon had been burglarized. Responding officers discovered that Perez had forced entry into the business while it was closed and had taken cash from the safe and ATM. Facebook0TwitterEmailPrintFriendly分享The Homer Police Department announced on Tuesday that an arrest had been made in connection with the break-in that occured last April at the Salty Dawg Saloon in Homer.read more

The unidentified Monte Carlo driver was medevac’d via Life Med to an Anchorage hospital. The female passenger of the Monte Carlo, later identified as Megan Middleton, 26, of Soldotna, was transported to a local hospital. Anchor Point Alaska State Troopers responded the collision. According to the online Trooper dispatch, witnesses on scene reported a Monte Carlo departed its lane of traffic into the oncoming lane of traffic and struck a Toyota. The witnesses reported the Toyota had taken evasive action into its own lane’s guardrail. The Sterling Highway was closed from approximately 8pm on Wednesday until 2:30am Thursday for scene investigation. APD assisted with further attempts to identify the Monte Carlo driver. Investigation is ongoing. Facebook0TwitterEmailPrintFriendly分享Two individuals were injured on Wednesday night following a head-on collision at Mile 126 of the Sterling Highway. The unidentified male driver of the Monte Carlo was entrapped and cut free by EMS. Both the driver and passenger of the Monte Carlo were transported from the scene by EMS. The driver of the Toyota was uninjured.read more

Meanwhile, Kate Elazegui, art director at New York magazine, has been named design director.Both will begin work on Radar in May. Radar, the magazine—now in its third incarnation—that refuses to die, is beefing up its design team with a pair of award-winning designers.Luke Hayman, who won a pair of National Magazine Awards at New York magazine and, more recently, oversaw the redesign of Time, has been retained by Radar as a creative consultant, editor Maer Roshan announced this week. Roshan worked with Hayman at New York.Hayman, currently a partner at Pentagram Design, will continue work for the firm while consulting for Radar.read more

Dan Cohen AUTHOR The Pentagon obtained a historic, 10 percent jump in its topline funding in fiscal 2018 and a further increase this year following a two-year budget deal lawmakers reached in February, but a possible change in control of the House and the return of the statutory spending caps could upset Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ plans to continue rebuilding readiness and fulfill new modernization priorities. If nothing else, a congressional deal over the FY 2020 budget almost certainly won’t be realized nearly as quickly as this year’s was, with the president signing a defense spending bill prior to the start of the fiscal year for the first time in a decade.“I think it’s going to be a long, hard, drawn-out fight over the next year,” said Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told the Washington Examiner. Most analysts expect the two parties to negotiate another two-year budget deal to loosen the spending caps, which extend through FY 2021. For now, the outcome of that negotiation is unknown. “The FY20 budget request will come out in February, or it’s supposed to. We’ll see if it comes out on time, and I don’t think we’re going to have a resolution to that for probably, you know, a year and a half from now,” Harrison said. “I’d be looking at the spring of 2020 as when we might actually get close to a budget deal.”A Democrat takeover of the House possibly could limit growth in DOD spending but the most likely outcome, regardless of the results of the midterms, still appears to be a deal which provides increases for both domestic and defense spending. Also looming is the growing national debt, which presents another threat to the 3 to 5 percent annual defense budget growth Mattis believes is necessary for the nation to keep up with its major adversaries.“We don’t quite know when the crunch will come with respect to the deficit and the debt, but I’m quite sure it will come,” Hal Brands, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said in testimony to Congress. “And so, if we don’t get a handle on the problem, at some point we are going to find we are constrained in paying for national security.”read more

WILMINGTON, MA — Below are recent articles about Wilmington — published online between February 11, 2019 to February 18, 2019 — that residents should consider reading:Wilmington Town CrierRistuccia Arena purchased for $3.25M by Heather BurnsO’Mahony seeks available one-year seat on Board of Selectmen by Lizzy HillFive more candidates for Board of Selectmen by Lizzy HillSelectmen consider changes to Town Meeting by Lizzie McDermottWilmington Town Crier sports stories can be read HERE.Wilmington AdvocateNoneWilmington PatchNoneLowell SunTown’s budget due to grow by 4.45% by Kori TuittWilmington Town Meeting date is going under review by Kori TuittLike Wilmington Apple on Facebook. Follow Wilmington Apple on Twitter. Follow Wilmington Apple on Instagram. Subscribe to Wilmington Apple’s daily email newsletter HERE. Got a comment, question, photo, press release, or news tip? Email wilmingtonapple@gmail.com. Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading… RelatedWILMINGTON AROUND THE WEB: The Best Stories From Wilmington’s NewspapersIn “Community”WILMINGTON AROUND THE WEB: The Best Stories From Wilmington’s NewspapersIn “Community”WILMINGTON AROUND THE WEB: The Best Stories From Wilmington’s NewspapersIn “Community”read more

WILMINGTON, MA — The Wilmington High School’s Lamplighters’ Drama Guild is ready to entertain you with a one-act play — “10 Ways To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse” — before they perform it in competition at the Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild (METG) Festival.It’s the end of the world and hordes of rampaging zombies are about to kill you. What do you do? Try your hand at kung fu against the undead? Attempt to reason with creatures that would rather eat brains than use them? Turn to this hand and hilarious guide to survive the apocalypse! (Hint: Sacrifice the weak is step number one.)Come get the first look at this one-act play on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 7pm in the WHS Joanne M. Benton Auditorium. Tickets cost at $5. Tickets will only be sold the door. Cash only. General admission.Starting at 6pm, the WHS Choral and Theatre Support (CATS) parent group will have concessions and messagegrams available. Cash only.Learn more about this One Act Preview Night on Facebook.(NOTE: The above announcement is from the WHS CATS.)Like Wilmington Apple on Facebook. Follow Wilmington Apple on Twitter. Follow Wilmington Apple on Instagram. Subscribe to Wilmington Apple’s daily email newsletter HERE. Got a comment, question, photo, press release, or news tip? Email wilmingtonapple@gmail.com.Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading… Related5 Things To Do In Wilmington On Wednesday, February 27, 2019In “5 Things To Do Today”MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Next Year’s Wilmington High School Plays AnnouncedIn “Education”WHS Lamplighters Drama Guild Presents ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ On May 17-18In “Education”read more

Tags Enlarge ImageIf it weren’t for the blue lights up front — and the fact that it’s entirely silent — you’d be hard-pressed to tell the eM2 apart from more conventional box trucks. Daimler They might not be going on sale until 2021, but the first all-electric Freightliner eM2 box truck is now in the US for two years of real-world testing.Daimler announced Friday that it has handed over the first Freightliner eM2 in Los Angeles. The lucky recipient, Penske Truck Leasing Corporation, will help Daimler test the truck’s real-world capabilities ahead of a production launch in 2021. The Freightliner eM2 is a big truck, but it has one seriously big battery, too, measuring 325 kWh in capacity. With 480 peak horsepower on tap, the eM2 has an estimated range of 230 miles — making it a solid candidate for local deliveries and other last-mile logistics. Daimler claims the batteries can be charged up to 80 percent capacity in just 60 minutes, but it didn’t say what kind of charger is required for that.Over the course of the next year, Penske will see 20 electric Freightliner trucks in its “innovation fleet,” comprising 10 eM2 medium-duty trucks and 10 eCascadia heavy-duty trucks. The eCascadia will be even beefier, packing a 550-kWh battery, 730 hp and an estimated range of 250 miles.This won’t be the last you’ll hear from Daimler Trucks in the next couple weeks. The German automaker will also be at CES 2019 in Las Vegas, where it intends to make an announcement about its efforts in automated driving. Roadshow will be in the thick of it at CES, so keep your eyes peeled for more information in the second week of January.Enlarge ImageThe eCascadia features the same wheels and light treatments as the eM2, but the truck’s range isn’t too different. Daimler Preview • 2019 Mercedes-Benz CLS 450: New look, new mild hybrid system Electric Cars Car Industry Trucks Future Cars More From Roadshow More about 2019 Mercedes-Benz CLS 450 Share your voice 2020 BMW M340i review: A dash of M makes everything better 2020 Kia Telluride review: Kia’s new SUV has big style and bigger value 2020 Hyundai Palisade review: Posh enough to make Genesis jealous Review • 2019 Mercedes-Benz CLS450: A beaut with some trade-offs Comment 1read more

CES 2019 Now playing: Watch this: All the big Google news from CES 2019 Acer’s new 315 is one of the first Chromebooks to run an AMD processor. Sarah Tew/CNET Google was as visible as any company at CES in 2019, with loads of promotion, integrations with other companies and product announcements of its own. Its Chrome operating system got some love, too, featured in a handful of new laptops and convertibles from Acer, Asus and HP.Marking one of the most significant milestones for the operating system in years, AMD announced that it has retooled two of its A-series processors to run Chrome OS. This will give Intel some real competition in the low-price Chromebook market for the first time — and offer consumers more choices, and perhaps lower prices, for Chromebooks in 2019. Post a comment Acer’s Swift 7, Chromebook 315 break new ground at both… HP brings AMD to Chromebooks Asus refreshes its bestselling Chromebook convertible… Acer’s $280 Chromebook 315 also runs on an AMD chip Acer The Chromebook 315 is based closely on what used to be the least expensive 15.6-incher in Acer’s Chromebook lineup, the Chromebook 15. That particular model features an Intel Pentium processor and starts at $400. The Chromebook 315, equipped with a seventh-gen AMD A-series processor and Radeon graphics, shaves $120 off of that — for a starting price of $280. (Converted, about £220 or AU$395.) It’s coming in February.Read: Acer unveils its first AMD-powered Chromebook The company also announced four other Chromebooks designed expressly for the classroom:Chromebook Tablet CT100, which features a 9.7-inch QXGA touchscreenChromebook C204, an 11.6-inch clamshell model, and the Chromebook Flip C214, its rugged convertible counterpartChromebook C403, a 14-inch clamshell Now playing: Watch this: Laptops Operating Systems 1:09 12 Photos Now playing: Watch this: The most interesting PCs, laptops and tablets of CES 2018 12:08 1:26 Now playing: Watch this: Asus overhauls its best-selling convertible Chromebook Big shoes to fill: the Chromebook Flip C434. Sarah Tew/CNET On the higher-end of the market, the Flip C434, starting at $569, replaces Asus’s Chromebook C302 — a breakout hit that’s currently the top-ranked bestseller in Amazon’s two-in-one category. With a new brushed aluminum design, the Flip now has a 14-inch FHD display, twice as much RAM and storage as its predecessor — and more powerful Intel processor options. Tags CES 2019: See all of CNET’s coverage of the year’s biggest tech show. CES schedule: It’s six days of jam-packed events. Here’s what to expect. Share your voice As a whole, the Chromebook category has made serious strides over the past two years. While once a lackluster option for classrooms and the extremely budget-sensitive, improving hardware and access to Android apps via the Google Play store have now made Chromebooks a valid option for work and entertainment. There remain exceptions, of course: If you’re into serious gaming, video editing or other hardware-intensive tasks, you’ll still need a machine running Microsoft Windows or Apple’s MacOS. But for the vast majority of people, Chromebooks are a totally viable option. They’re more than sufficient for basics like email, getting on the internet, creating documents or working with spreadsheets — especially if you’re already using Google apps. And whether you’re looking for an ultraportable, convertible or traditional laptop, there are lots of solid Chromebook options in the $300 price range and some exceptional ones in the $500 to $600 range.Here are the Chromebook highlights from CES 2019: You can now get AMD-powered ChromebooksAMD President and CEO Lisa Su. James Martin/CNET Though it wasn’t the main focus of AMD’s first ever keynote at CES, the company’s President and CEO Lisa Su did spend some time discussing the company’s partnerships with Acer and HP for the first crop of AMD-powered Chromebooks. To start, two retooled A series processors will match up against Intel’s competing Celeron and Pentium models. Read: AMD gets serious about Chromebooks at CES 2019 With AMD chip on board, the HP Chromebook 14 starts at $269 Sarah Tew/CNET One of the world’s first AMD-powered Chromebooks, the HP Chromebook 14 comes equipped with an A4 or A6 CPU with integrated Radeon R4 or R5 graphics. Otherwise, the specs are pretty pedestrian — 14-inch display, 4GB of memory and 32GB of storage (plus a built-in microSD card slot). But, whew, that starting price of $269 shows how AMD will be turning up the heat on Intel in 2019. Read: HP’s first AMD Chromebook lands at CES 2019, coming in January for $269 0 2:05 AMD CES Products Acer Asus Chrome OS Google HP Intel MacOS Mojave Windows 10read more